Phenotypic and Genotypic Evaluation of Aminoglycoside Resistance in Clinical Isolates of Staphylococci in Tehran, Iran

• Published in: Microbial drug resistance (Larchmont, N.Y.) Vol. 15; no. 2; pp. 129 - 132
• Main Authors: Emaneini, Mohammad, Taherikalani, Morovat, Eslampour, Mohammad-Amin, Sedaghat, Hossein, Aligholi, Marzieh, Jabalameli, Fereshteh, Shahsavan, Shadi, Sotoudeh, Nazli
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Mary Ann Liebert, Inc 01.06.2009
• Subjects: Acetyltransferases - genetics; Aminoglycosides; Anti-Bacterial Agents - pharmacology; Bacterial Proteins - genetics; Care and treatment; Drug resistance; Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial - genetics; Enzymes; Epidemiology; Evaluation; Formicidae; Genetic aspects; Genotype & phenotype; Gentamicins - pharmacology; Health aspects; Humans; Iran - epidemiology; Kanamycin - pharmacology; Kanamycin Kinase - genetics; Methicillin Resistance; Microbial Sensitivity Tests; Microbiology; Nucleotidyltransferases - genetics; Phenotype; Phosphotransferases (Alcohol Group Acceptor) - genetics; Staphylococcal infections; Staphylococcal Infections - epidemiology; Staphylococcal Infections - microbiology; Staphylococcus - drug effects; Staphylococcus - genetics; Staphylococcus - isolation & purification; Staphylococcus aureus; Staphylococcus infections; Iran; Tehran Iran

Aminoglycosides play an important role in the treatment of staphylococcal infections, despite the emerging widespread resistance among Staphylococcus . To determine the prevalence of aminoglycoside resistance and aminoglycoside modifying enzyme (AME) genes among infected patients at a teaching hospi...